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COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's University senior quarterback
Jackson Erdmann (Rosemount, Minn.) was named to the American Football Coaches' Association (AFCA) All-America first team for the second consecutive season on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
A total of 101 SJU football student-athletes have now earned All-America honors a total of 132 times in the program's 109-season history.
Erdmann is the seventh SJU quarterback to earn All-America honors and the first to accomplish the feat twice.
A 2019 Gagliardi Trophy semifinalist and the award's 2018 recipient, Erdmann is a three-time All-MIAC first-team performer. He set SJU single-season records for passing yards (496) and yards of total offense (563) Oct. 29 at St. Olaf.
Erdmann owns the top four passing games in SJU history and has set program records for season passing yards (4,291), season yards of total offense (4,381), career passing touchdowns (133) and career yards of total offense (11,257) this fall. He currently leads Division III in passing yards (4,291) and passing yards per game (357.6), is second in total offense per game (365.1), fourth in yards per pass attempt (10.75), sixth in passing efficiency (184.4) and yards per pass completion (16.76), seventh in passing touchdowns (41) and eighth in points responsible for (252).
He has four games of 400 passing yards or more this season, including each of SJU's first two NCAA playoff games (939 passing yards and nine touchdowns).
The AFCA's Division III All-America Selection Committee is made up of three head coaches from each of the AFCA's eight districts, one of whom serves as a district chairman, along with another head coach who serves as the chairman of the selection committee. The coaches in each district are responsible for ranking the top players in their respective districts prior to a conference call between the district chairmen and the committee chairman on which the team is chosen.
No. 8 SJU (11-1 overall) travels to No. 3 Wheaton (12-0) in the NCAA's quarterfinal round at noon Saturday, Dec. 7, in Wheaton, Ill.
